Photo
credit: COR36 / Studio Borlenghi
No
winner in Auckland today for the PRADA Christmas Race as the
breeze dropped away after the start of race 1 and there was
not enough to complete the 4 races scheduled for the
day.
Race 1 between Emirates Team New Zealand and
INEOS TEAM UK - respectively the winner and fourth placed in
the PRADA ACWS Auckland - started on time at 1512. Emirates
Team New Zealand sailed fast around the course until during
the second downwind lap when the breeze dropped and the
Kiwis remained unable to foil downwind. The clock counted
down, the wind remained around 6 knots and the Defenders